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HP Mini 311

The Netbook wars have heated up, with PC makers adding upscale features such as larger HD displays and faster low-voltage CPUs to systems, in an effort for push prices up past the usual $299-$399 range. We've seen HD Netbooks from Sony and others, usually with prices closer to $599, so...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Hewlett-Packard Co., netbook, NVIDIA ION, NVidia Corp.

Product reviews 2009-10-08

First Nvidia Ion netbook now available: HP Mini 311

Bad design and late to marketThe Ion chipset is essentially wasted on this. You have the Ion LE, which is a DirectX 9-only variant of the DX10-packin' Ion, on a netbook running Windows XP. There's no DX Compute shader option on Windows XP and there won't be in...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Chipsets, NVidia Corp., ASUS Eee PC, WTH, netbook, NVIDIA ION, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Acer reveals the nVidia Ion-based AspireRevo: The perfect budget HTPC?

Acer reveals the nVidia Ion-based AspireRevo: The perfect budget HTPC?You forgot to mention...The DRM "feature" comes absolutely free!Acer?My new Mac mini is quite a fast machine. With 4 gigs of memory it should do anything I will require it to do. The days of the tower desk top...

Tags: Desktops, AspireRevo, Acer Inc., HTPC, LG Electronics Inc., NVidia Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

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Lenovo 11.6-in. IdeaPad U150 ultraportable available for $699

pad implys they have touchscreen.. which they dontnot useful for me :(Would be perfect if it didn't use X4500 graphics...It's a shame these "thin and lights" get saddled with such a crap graphics core. With a better graphics processor, these would be zippy little machines. Anyone who has seen the...

Tags: graphics, graphics core, Lenovo Group Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Toshiba Satellite L455-S5975

We've said it before, and we'll say it again: especially in this economy, it's hard to hate a laptop that only costs $350. It's even harder to hate a Windows 7 laptop that costs that much. The Toshiba L455-S5975 is, by 50 dollars, the least expensive notebook computer in our...

Tags: Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Intel Celeron, Microsoft Windows 7, Toshiba Corp., laptop computer, processor, Toshiba Satellite

Product reviews 2009-11-02

Acer Aspire Revo AR1600-U910H

Typically our challenges with the emergent Nettop category have been that real budget PCs cost just a little bit more and provide a dramatic performance uptick, and similarly priced Netbooks offer equivalent performance with the added benefit of portability. The Aspire Revo 1600's price tag alone answers those issues. ...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Performance management, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Wireless and Mobility, Semiconductors, Acer Inc., wireless networking

Product reviews 2009-10-30

Asus Eee Top ET2002

Nvidia wants us to tell you that its GeForce 9400M graphics chip, aka Nvidia's Ion technology, pulls Asus' Eee Top ET2002 up from the depths of Nettop misery by imparting it with better-than-terrible graphics and video processing. We agree that the 9400 chip improves the ET2002's visual chops, but a...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Games, Semiconductors, Keyboards, Video cards, Game players, nettop, chip, game, HDMI, ASUS, graphics

Product reviews 2009-10-20

Dell leaks more Adamo XPS pics; 9.99mm thin enough to be dangerous

More Junk from DellLike I said Dell=Junk.RE: Dell leaks more Adamo XPS pics; 9.99mm thin enough to be dangerousWhat about graphics card? if it will come with crappy intel graphics card then I see no reason to buy it and replace my current Adamowith an opinion like thatyour obviously a...

Tags: Chipsets, Video cards, Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Adamo

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

News to know: T-Mobile; Cloud computing; Oracle; HP; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: HP revamps TouchSmart PCs with Windows 7; starts $899; will you ditch your desktop PC, HDTV? HP...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., PC, T-Mobile, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-13

Gallery: HP's Mini 311 with Nvidia Ion graphics

With Nivida's Ion GPU, coming to several Netbooks, but seen first in the HP Mini 311, we're one step closer to a low-power, low-cost system that really can be a laptop replacement for many. by CNET News.com

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., NVidia Corp., Graphics, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-10-12

Adobe and Nvidia bring GPU computing to the masses

Adobe and Nvidia announced that the next version of the Flash player will take advantage of Nvidia graphics processing units GPUs to improve online video. Adobe Flash Player 10.1, which will be in beta by the end of this year, will be designed to get a boost from Nvidia's GeForce,...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., NVidia Corp., Video, Computing, Graphics, Netbook, GPU, Ion, Mini 311, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-10-05

News to know: HP; AT&T; Malware; Twitter; RIM

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hordes of owners complain of problems with HP Elite Pavilion PCs using Core i7 Ed Bott: Apple...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., AT&T Corp., Malware, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-28

First Nvidia Ion netbook now available: HP Mini 311

The first netbook with NVIDIA's Ion platform is now shipping in the form of the HP Mini 311. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., NVidia Corp., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-25

MSI X340 might be the best laptop you've never heard of

Glossy LCD? No thanksA Lenovo X300 from the Lenovo Outlet for about $1100 seems to be the best deal to me. For an extra $400 beyond the MSI you get a fast SSD, higher resolution non-glossy display though the viewing angle and contrast is rather disappointing, a second processing core,...

Tags: Notebooks, MSI web site, MSI, laptop computer, MSI X340

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

ATI debuts Radeon HD 5870 with 'most powerful processor ever created'

Mad Mike Magee 35th of 50 TOP Britons in IT & 5870 Diagram:Thomas Stewart Von Drashek Pat Moorhead: MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN of Nvidia, AMD/ATI today launched its RV870 architecture with the highly anticipated Radeon HD 5850 and HD 5870 graphics cards.We could spend a whole day writing about...

Tags: processor, ATI Technologies Inc., card, Radeon HD 5870, Radeon HD, NVidia Corp., Radeon

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Details on HP's Ion-powered netbook, Windows XP not dead yet

Almost nine months to the day after Nvidia announced its Ion Platform, the first real netbook to make use of the technology has finally shipped. HP announced the Mini 311, an 11.6-inch netbook that pairs Intel's Atom processor with Ion, which is based on the GeForce 9400M GPU. Ion should...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows XP, NVidia Corp., Netbook, HP Mini 311, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-09-15

Asus Eee PC roadmap leaked: Ion netbooks, multitouch T91; ultrathin PCs

An apparently leaked roadmap for popular computer manufacturer Asus reveals the roadmap for the company's popular Eee PC franchise, including a 12-inch, $499 laptop based on Nvidia's Ion platform and its T91 tablet system with Windows 7 multitouch capabilities. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: ASUS, PC, Roadmap, Netbook, Tablets, Microsoft Windows 7, Notebooks, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-08-31

News to know: Apple; FCC; Azure; Enterprise 2.0

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Apple: 'Continues to study' Google Voice apps; AT&T: We played no part TechCrunch: The Truth: What's Really...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Federal Government, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-24

Netbooks with Nvidia's Ion wait on Windows 7

Try carrying a notebook in your jacket`s pocket.The main advantage of netbooks is portability. $549 - $599 for a netbook?HA!! What would be the point to buy one and not a notebook? I bought mine, the 8.9" Acer Aspire One, for $300.00. I thought they were supposed to get less...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, NVidia Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-08-21

Netbooks with Nvidia's Ion wait on Windows 7

Nvidia's Ion platform may be off to a slow start, but that could change once Windows 7 arrives in late October. To date Ion has been used only in nettops--including two new ones from Asus and Lenovo--but the first netbooks should finally arrive around the time Microsoft releases its new...

Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., NVidia Corp., Microsoft Windows, Netbook, Ion, Eee Top ET2002T, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-08-21